{"nrhp_refnum":"79003040","name":"Waverly","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"S of Middleburg on VA 626","address_restricted":false,"city":"Middleburg","county":"Fauquier County","state":"VA","lat":38.93071862100004,"lon":-77.74411875799996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1979-03-26","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["state"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Waverley is a large farmhouse on a terraced knoll beside State Route 626 between Middleburg and The Plains, Fauquier County, Virginia. It began as a late 18th-century stone cottage and was enlarged around 1830 and in the 1850s.","why_significant":"The nomination argues that Waverley is valuable not for purity of style but because it grew and changed over a long period. It reflects shifting regional architectural fashions and the changing tastes and needs of its occupants. It is also the most conspicuous early house on the scenic Halfway Road.","narrative":"Waverley is a rambling farmhouse set on a terraced knoll above a landscaped pond along Route 626, the scenic road between Middleburg and The Plains in Fauquier County. Its core is a late 18th-century stone cottage, probably built after 1766, whose end chimney still rises through the front portico. Around 1830 the cottage was enlarged into a two-story, center-hall I-house with stepped parapet gables. In the 1850s a hexastyle portico and a long rear ell with Gothic-style bargeboards and scalloped eaves were added. After standing abandoned and deteriorating, the house was bought in 1940 by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Furness, who engaged Chicago architect David Adler to raise the roof for third-story bedrooms and modernize the interiors. The house is valued as a layered record of changing architectural fashion and the needs of its occupants. It is also the most prominent early house on a road that has been a focus of conservation easements.","period_of_significance":"1700-1799, 1800-1899 (specific dates: late 18th century, 1850s)","architect_builder":"David Adler (Chicago architect, 1940s renovation)","architectural_style":"I-house with Gothic Revival and Federal elements","criteria":[],"status_note":"Abandoned and deteriorating in 1940, then extensively renovated; described as in good condition, altered, with well-maintained gardens. Occupied as a private residence.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:51:56.74181-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/17/6806/41680617/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_VA/79003040.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003040/572ecbfd5c-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/79003040/572ecbfd5c-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Jerrye &amp; Roy Klotz, MD","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WAVERLY,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY,_VA.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Jerrye &amp;amp; Roy Klotz, MD</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:WAVERLY,_FAUQUIER_COUNTY,_VA.jpg"},"district":{"nrhp_refnum":"14000011","name":"Little River Rural Historic District","url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/districts/virginia/little-river-rural-historic-district-14000011/"},"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/41680617","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly_(Middleburg,_Virginia)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q14713504"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/virginia/fauquier-county/waverly-79003040/"}